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Devices for maintaining surgically created openings

  • US 20050192526A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2004
  • Published: 09/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A conduit for bronchoscopic placement within a channel created in lung tissue comprising:

  • a frame structure having a radially expandable center section, a proximal and distal sections located at a first and second ends of the center section;

    a tissue barrier located about the frame structure, where the tissue barrier prevents tissue from growing into the frame structure; and

    a visualization mark being visually identifiable from the remainder of the tissue barrier or frame structure, the visualization mark assisting in placement of the conduit relative to the channel.

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